Ancient Corn Pot. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of an ancient corn pot.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing ...
Anderton Carrying Company - document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
In the spring of 1838, James Macintyre, Agent for the Anderton Carrying Company, wrote this confident letter to Staffordshire's pottery manufacturers to celebrate his canal company's success.
He announced ...
Annscroft Cottage, Hilderstone. Photographed by William Blake.
Village scene with a view of Annscroft Cottage, Hilderstone, Nr. Stone, Staffordshire.
Annual General Meeting of the Manufacturers of China and Earthenware - from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
During the career of Burslem pottery manufacturer Enoch Wood (1759 - 1840), industry bosses frequently gathered to discuss pressing issues and find common solutions to particular problems that they faced.
1812: ...
Anti-Slavery petition to be organised in Stoke-on-Trent - A notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Once Britain had outlawed the slave trade in 1804-5, a new organisation known as the African Institution tried to maintain the momentum of the anti-slavery movement.
Now they called for other countries ...
Application of Gold Print Transfers.
Pottery factory interior showing a woman applying gold print transfers to ware.
She is applying a transfer of the Stockport coat-of-arms to a bone china tea service commissioned by the Stockport Chamber ...
Application of transfers, Booths' Church Bank Pottery, Tunstall
Ridgway Potteries Ltd., Booths' Church Bank Pottery, Tunstall showing the underglaze decorating shop. The women are applying patterns to ware using transfers.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum ...
Applying Handles to Cups.
Pottery factory interior showing a woman fixing handles to cups.
She is sticking the handles to the cups using liquid clay or slip.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This ...
Applying Transfers.
Pottery factory interior showing a woman operating an automatic brushing machine.
The machine brushes a transfer image onto porous biscuit ware in this case.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum ...
Applying Transfers.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a woman applying transfer prints to tea pots.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is part of the collections ...
Argyll Road, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Argyll Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken in the Normacot and Dresden areas near ...
Arnold Bennett's grave in Burslem Cemetery
Burslem Cemetery was consecrated in 1879. It lies between Hanley Road, Leek New Road and the grassed over spoil tip of Sneyd Colliery. The cemetery chapel was demolished in 2008.
Arnold Bennett died ...
Arnold Bennett's House and Museum, Cobridge, Stoke-upon-Trent
The house at 205 Waterloo Road, Cobridge that was once the home of Potteries writer Arnold Bennett and later, for a short time, the Arnold Bennett Museum. Arnold Bennett's father, Enoch, who was a solicitor, ...
Arthur Scargill at a miner's strike demonstration, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent 1984.
Arthur Scargill was President of the National Union of Mineworkers during the 1984 - 1985 miner's strike and became a household name. He attended rallys and demonstrations throughout the country including ...
Article from the Public Enquirer, taken from the Enoch Wood scrapbook - "The Wellington Quick-Step to Anarchy"
Moderate readers of the Public Inquirer on Saturday April 23 1829 might have choked on this partisan account of the movement for Catholics' civil rights in Britain.
Thomas Mulock's rage
The author ...
Ashdale Pottery.
Pottery factory exterior including bottle ovens.
Taken at Ashdale Pottery, Short Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
This view includes the North Staffs Electric Company.
Taken from the Gladstone ...
Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire. Photographed by William Blake.
Village scene taken at Ashford In The Waters, Derbyshire.
The scene includes a sign post showing distances to Buxton, Manchester, Monyash, Flagg, Taddington and Sheldon.
The village falls within ...
Association for the Prosecution of Felons - notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
This notice outlines the aims of the Association for the Prosecution of Felons, formed in the Potteries in order "to bring Offenders of every description to condign punishment."
Rewards
There are ...